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chris christie's bipartisan approach to hurricane sandy. in "the orlando sentinel," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. with me is u.s. congressman frank pallone, a democrat from new jersey. his district stretches from monmouth county to asbury park, and cynthia tucker is a visiting professor at the university of georgia. i want to talk to the congressman about your district. we're going to show some pictures now, but you describe it verbally. what is the condition of the jersey coast where you represent? >> it's really catastrophic, chris. i mean, i spent the last few days going to the various sections, and you see houses completely destroyed. washed away, businesses destroyed, the boardwalk, the beach club. and so many people displaced. i mean, today i was mainly concerned in trying to get food and water and shelter for people because it was getting colder out. so this is really catastrophic. i've never seen anything like it. >> how do you grade the efforts of the governor up there in and you guy in congress? have you been able to do t
chris christie's bipartisan approach to hurricane sandy. in "the orlando sentinel," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. with me is u.s. congressman frank pallone, a democrat from new jersey. his district stretches from monmouth county to asbury park, and cynthia tucker is a visiting professor at the university of georgia. i want to talk to the congressman about your district. we're going to show some pictures now, but you describe it verbally. what is the condition of the jersey...
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they think there's some sort of bounce for the president on sandy. nobody can point to any metric yet to prove this, but when you think about where things were a week ago, a week ago there was this assumption that, boy, all the intangibles here at the end were going to -- >> let me -- >> -- to romney. now it feels there's intangibles that may favor the president. >> i get the sense that the love of romney by the right and other political players is based on sand in this case. and guys like the governor of new jersey and all the voices out there that haven't come to romney's help this week, they don't love him enough to say, wait a minute, forget this storm, this guy is great. >> i don't know. >> i don't hear a lot of that. >> it's like mark rypien as the redskins quarterback. they loved him when he won the super bowl. >> i think they decided romney is good enough to win the super bowl -- >> do you think this is a question of not having a lot of strong personal support and love for the guy? i don't hear a lot of people saying, we are still for this gu
they think there's some sort of bounce for the president on sandy. nobody can point to any metric yet to prove this, but when you think about where things were a week ago, a week ago there was this assumption that, boy, all the intangibles here at the end were going to -- >> let me -- >> -- to romney. now it feels there's intangibles that may favor the president. >> i get the sense that the love of romney by the right and other political players is based on sand in this case....
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and in the "orlando sentinal," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. joining me is the district along the jersey coast down to asbury park and cynthia tucker is from the university of georgia and a syndicated columnist. cynthia, i want to talk to the congressman about your district. would you describe verbally what is the condition of the jersey coast where you represent? >> it's really catastrophic, chris. i've spent the last few days going to the various sections and you see houses completely destroyed, washed away. businesses destroyed, the boardwalk, the beach club. and so many people displaced. i mean, today i was mainly concerned in trying to get food and water and shelter for people because it's getting colder out. so this is really catastrophic. i've never seen anything like it. >> how do you grade the effort of the governor up there, you guys in congress, have you all been able to do this together? it's going to get worse because these things tend to get worse. when people are out of electricity for five days, it's worse than three days. >> th
and in the "orlando sentinal," hurricane sandy proves case for obama. joining me is the district along the jersey coast down to asbury park and cynthia tucker is from the university of georgia and a syndicated columnist. cynthia, i want to talk to the congressman about your district. would you describe verbally what is the condition of the jersey coast where you represent? >> it's really catastrophic, chris. i've spent the last few days going to the various sections and you see...
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what an exemplary job he's lead in tropical storm sandy. he's done so in a way that's perfectly displayed bipartisan cooperation. he did that. barack obama. as i said the word tonight is if. if this president is re-elected tomorrow, it's because of the bold controversial acts he's taken. he acted where others might have flinched or numbered or said, oh, we don't need government to do those things. what the american people do tomorrow and what they have begun doing since voting began, if obama is re-elected, it's because of the historical alliance he struck when he asked hillary clinton to be his secretary of state, offering her the most extinguished position in this cabinet. it will go down in history. and her acceptance of this high position along with a requirement of full autonomy in subcabinet appointments was the deal maker. a headline written up when nothing was new, the joke. today, tonight, the democratic party is ewe united. the former president speaking in florida and in scranton as the campaign's closer. there could be no more dr
what an exemplary job he's lead in tropical storm sandy. he's done so in a way that's perfectly displayed bipartisan cooperation. he did that. barack obama. as i said the word tonight is if. if this president is re-elected tomorrow, it's because of the bold controversial acts he's taken. he acted where others might have flinched or numbered or said, oh, we don't need government to do those things. what the american people do tomorrow and what they have begun doing since voting began, if obama...
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starting making his comeback in some of these cases before sandy hit. but then it sort of froze things with the trajectory of the president with a little bit of momentum and romney stalling. but i go back. it's funny you bring it up. businessmen when they run for office get a halo effect with swing voters. particularly independents. there's this businessman halo. i've heard consultants tell me about it from the republican and democratic side. the trick is how quickly does that halo go away? for a long time the obama campaign had beaten the living daylights out of romney's business background to make it so that he never got it. the denver debate gave it back to him again. right? sort of brought it back and he was doing well with that group of swing voters. now where are these? i was stunned in our wall street journal poll when you look at it in the up for grabs voters. they look like they lean more obama than romney. and that's a big problem for romney. >> i thought the nbs c -- >> let's stay with chuck. out there that the challenger will get four out of
starting making his comeback in some of these cases before sandy hit. but then it sort of froze things with the trajectory of the president with a little bit of momentum and romney stalling. but i go back. it's funny you bring it up. businessmen when they run for office get a halo effect with swing voters. particularly independents. there's this businessman halo. i've heard consultants tell me about it from the republican and democratic side. the trick is how quickly does that halo go away? for...
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one thing i will say about the storm, about sandy is that president obama is going to be continuing to get positive national media coverage this week, and that could help independents swing back his direction. the thing i'll tell you about being on the ground here in ohio, chris, is that mitt romney is getting pounded by the local press in northern ohio for that chrysler ad that he's been running, and it hasn't come off the air yet. it hasn't come off radio yet either. >> has anybody said -- erin, has anybody said it's an honest ad in the objective media? anybody said it's an honest ad? >> certainly not the media in northern ohio, not the toledo papers, the akron papers, the cleveland papers. they are all pounding mitt romney for that. and here's the thing, chris. northern ohio, especially cleveland and toledo, will go very heavily for president obama. cincinnati, where i am sitting right now, will go heavily for mitt romney. what we need to watch on election night is columbus, where franklin county is, because we've been seeing the romney campaign campaign very heavily in central ohio
one thing i will say about the storm, about sandy is that president obama is going to be continuing to get positive national media coverage this week, and that could help independents swing back his direction. the thing i'll tell you about being on the ground here in ohio, chris, is that mitt romney is getting pounded by the local press in northern ohio for that chrysler ad that he's been running, and it hasn't come off the air yet. it hasn't come off radio yet either. >> has anybody said...
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. >>> and weekly jobless claims jumped by 78,000 to 439,000, an 18-month high, due to hurricane sandy. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball." we now know the identity of that fbi agent that tampa socialite jill kely reached out to. fredrick humphrey is the guy's name and you can see him there on the screen. he's a counterterrorism agent who worked in the case of the bomb plot at l.a.x. airport back in '99. the man at the center of the scandal, david petraeus, is set to testify tomorrow morning before closed hearings before the house and senate intelligence committees regarding the attack on benghazi. this comes as the cia inspector general has begun investigating whether any government resources were improperly used in the affair between petraeus and broadwell. "the washington post" sari horwitz is reporting on this as well as bart gelman. this is a huge story. i want sari to give us a sense of the public impact of this thing. i mean, it's getting more like, i guess, the kardashian story, life among these people with mrs. kell
. >>> and weekly jobless claims jumped by 78,000 to 439,000, an 18-month high, due to hurricane sandy. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball." we now know the identity of that fbi agent that tampa socialite jill kely reached out to. fredrick humphrey is the guy's name and you can see him there on the screen. he's a counterterrorism agent who worked in the case of the bomb plot at l.a.x. airport back...
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just before hurricane sandy, hit, ann coulter called our sitting president a retard. sarah palin called it a shuck and jive schtik. we saw how angry people were. there was anti-black racist sort of argument going on. i believe there's been a lot of it around the edges. i think romney has been responsible for it, but today he said obama's campaign is about revenge. a call for revensven goran e re. your thoughts? >> not to mention the line that he used we did a clip of about handing out checks. the handing out checks is an old mean going back to the days of ronald reagan and before that. even back to the '70s. so i think that what interested me was that michael told me just what a storm of hatred his own column unleashed today, which is very interesting. i think what's going on, on the fringes of the republican side and you can see it from the polling, there's more intensity on the republican side. not as many strong supporters of romney as obama, but those who are for romney are very strong. but the irony is they're strong for him not because they like him, they're str
just before hurricane sandy, hit, ann coulter called our sitting president a retard. sarah palin called it a shuck and jive schtik. we saw how angry people were. there was anti-black racist sort of argument going on. i believe there's been a lot of it around the edges. i think romney has been responsible for it, but today he said obama's campaign is about revenge. a call for revensven goran e re. your thoughts? >> not to mention the line that he used we did a clip of about handing out...
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that was president obama this afternoon in staten island, new york, after touring damage from sandy. in addition to meeting with affected families and relief workers, he also announced hud secretary shawn donovan to lead the disaster recovery board to oversee rebuilding efforts in the region, and they are going to be a lot of work up there. senator chuck schumer in new york was there. we saw him in the picture. senator schumer, the more you read about it, "the new york times" has been very good at covering this and the other papers up there. the sense that this isn't just a bad week or two or a bad month. >> oh, no. >> this destruction of homes without any home left. the homes have been destroyed, the electrical systems destroyed. talk about it if you can. the public's watching. the whole country. >> yeah. this is -- >> how bad is it? it's like katrina. >> it is awful. it's close to katrina. you know, the first day after the stormy flew in a helicopter with the governor and mayor and i saw how widespread it was, and in the last two weeks i've been going in all the communities. you se
that was president obama this afternoon in staten island, new york, after touring damage from sandy. in addition to meeting with affected families and relief workers, he also announced hud secretary shawn donovan to lead the disaster recovery board to oversee rebuilding efforts in the region, and they are going to be a lot of work up there. senator chuck schumer in new york was there. we saw him in the picture. senator schumer, the more you read about it, "the new york times" has been...
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you can say it's sandy, but he caught the last break and if there is anybody with a little bit of an advantage, it appears he has it >> howard? >> before i came on the air, i checked in with the top guns in both campaigns. my sense is trying to read between the lines of the e-mails. the obama people are a little more confident right now. the romney people keep harping on pennsylvania, on the idea if they can't win ohio's 18 electoral votes they can substitute it with 20 from pennsylvania. i've been told that the president is not going to pennsylvania but bill clinton will be in pennsylvania tomorrow. the obama people are confident enough about the flanks maneuver that romney is trying in pennsylvania not to bother sending the president there. the president will be in ohio tomorrow, which is his center of gravity and has been from the beginning. that's the electoral college reason, because without ohio and pennsylvania, it's virtually impossible for romney to get it done. >> i can give you the same reporting. they don't want it to look like romney has something going in pennsylvania.
you can say it's sandy, but he caught the last break and if there is anybody with a little bit of an advantage, it appears he has it >> howard? >> before i came on the air, i checked in with the top guns in both campaigns. my sense is trying to read between the lines of the e-mails. the obama people are a little more confident right now. the romney people keep harping on pennsylvania, on the idea if they can't win ohio's 18 electoral votes they can substitute it with 20 from...
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that was president obama this afternoon in stalten island after touring damage from sandy. in addition to meeting with affected families and relief workers, he also announced hud secretary shaun donovan to oversee rebuilding efforts. there's going to be a lot of work up there. senator schumer was with the president. we saw him in the picture. senator schumer, you know, the more you read about it, "the nork times" has been good about covering this and the other papers up there. the sense that this isn't a bad week or two or a bad month. >> oh, no. >> this is destruction of homes without any home left. the home thaz are lost, that have been destroyed, talk about it if you can. the whole country. how bad is it? it's like katrina. >> it is awful. it's close to katrina. you know, the first day i flew in a helicopter with the governor in maine and i saw how widespread it was. in the last two weeks i've been going in all the communities. you see how deep it is. it's a combination. there are probably 100,000 homes that have been destroyed. that's 300,000 people without homes. that'
that was president obama this afternoon in stalten island after touring damage from sandy. in addition to meeting with affected families and relief workers, he also announced hud secretary shaun donovan to oversee rebuilding efforts. there's going to be a lot of work up there. senator schumer was with the president. we saw him in the picture. senator schumer, you know, the more you read about it, "the nork times" has been good about covering this and the other papers up there. the...
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jobless claims slid by 41,000 last week but the numbers are still distorted by the effects of hurricane sandy. >>> a bankruptcy court judge granted permission for hostess brands to begin shutting down. >>> and that is it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. have a very happy thanksgiving, everybody. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." with a victory behind him, democrats are feeling more confident in talks with republicans about the fiscal cliff. many on the left have been vocal in calling for the president not to buckle on the issues of tax increases on the rich and no cuts to entitlements like social security and medicare. many key players are talking more defiantly on these issues since the election. nancy pelosi for example flatly said she wouldn't go along with a deal that didn't raise tax rates on the rich. let's watch the former speaker. >> we've seen talk about a possible compromise that would leave rates the same but cap deductions for high income earners. is that something that's acceptable? >> no. >> not at all? no way? >> i mean, the president made it very clear
jobless claims slid by 41,000 last week but the numbers are still distorted by the effects of hurricane sandy. >>> a bankruptcy court judge granted permission for hostess brands to begin shutting down. >>> and that is it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. have a very happy thanksgiving, everybody. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." with a victory behind him, democrats are feeling more confident in talks with republicans about...
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and jobless claims fell by 23,000 last week, the second weekly decline since hurricane sandy. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball." let's take making a deal here for all that at home who want to see republicans and democrats work together to avoid the fiscal cliff, we can bring you two lawmakers who are open to cutting a deal before the end of the year. with me are members from both sides of the aisle u.s. congressman lee tori, a republican from nebraska, and u.s. congressman jerry conley a democrat from nearby southern virginia. but first, i want to start with you. you told the omaha world herald this about republicans, we're screwed either way we have no leverage in these discussions. congressman, what did you mean by that? >> what i mean by that is that the president wants us to take a tax vote before he's willing to talk about anything else cutting or reforming, and republicans just aren't going to do that. so what he's doing is setting us up to be the fall people for going over the fiscal cliff. frankly, going ov
and jobless claims fell by 23,000 last week, the second weekly decline since hurricane sandy. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball." let's take making a deal here for all that at home who want to see republicans and democrats work together to avoid the fiscal cliff, we can bring you two lawmakers who are open to cutting a deal before the end of the year. with me are members from both sides of the aisle u.s....
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. >>> the statue of liberty will be relate after sustaining damage from hurricane sandy. no date yet on when it will reopen. back to "hardball." >>> the people who gave him the money, i think it was the koch brothers, they gave him $400 million and said, tubby, go get us a president. we got stuff we want to ramrod through. we want to turn this america -- we want america back. here, what's it going to take to get america back, karl? $40 billion, bring back a real america, will you? so a lot of that money is leftover. i tell you, the koch brothers, don't be surprised if you read karl rove was beaten up by the koch brothers. >> welcome back to "hardball." of all the postmortems on the election, the complete flop of karl rove and his super pac is the most incredible. now that he's come to grips with the fact president obama did win election again, he has a new theory of why it happened. this is rove's theory on why president obama was re-elected. let's listen. >> now with the state of ohio -- >> by suppressing the vote. by making -- by saying to people, you may not like who i
. >>> the statue of liberty will be relate after sustaining damage from hurricane sandy. no date yet on when it will reopen. back to "hardball." >>> the people who gave him the money, i think it was the koch brothers, they gave him $400 million and said, tubby, go get us a president. we got stuff we want to ramrod through. we want to turn this america -- we want america back. here, what's it going to take to get america back, karl? $40 billion, bring back a real...